Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1979 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1979 American League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)

1979 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Darrell Porter 121 Kansas City Royals 1

Ken Singleton 109 Baltimore Orioles 2

Gorman Thomas 98 Milwaukee Brewers 3

Willie Randolph 95 New York Yankees 4

Andre Thornton 90 Cleveland Indians 5

Toby Harrah 89 Cleveland Indians 6

Ruppert Jones 85 Seattle Mariners 7

Dwayne Murphy 84 Oakland Athletics 8

Fred Lynn 82 Boston Red Sox 9

Roy Smalley 80 Minnesota Twins 10

Lou Whitaker 78 Detroit Tigers 11

Brian Downing 77 California Angels 12

Sixto Lezcano 77 Milwaukee Brewers

Bobby Bonds 74 Cleveland Indians 14

Butch Wynegar 74 Minnesota Twins

Rod Carew 73 California Angels 16

Wayne Gross 72 Oakland Athletics 17

Eddie Murray 72 Baltimore Orioles

Don Baylor 71 California Angels 19

Jason Thompson 70 Detroit Tigers 20

Dwight Evans 69 Boston Red Sox 21

John Mayberry 69 Toronto Blue Jays

Steve Kemp 68 Detroit Tigers 23

Amos Otis 68 Kansas City Royals

Bruce Bochte 67 Seattle Mariners 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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